Ive been trying to customize the fonts used in a UINavigationBar in a tvOS app and I'm having problems with getting the font change to work. Here is my code:
CGFloat fontSize = ((UIFont *)self.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes[NSFontAttributeName]).pointSize;
NSDictionary *appearance = #{
NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont fontWithName:#"HelveticaNeue-UltraLight" size:fontSize * 2],
NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor greenColor]
};
// Navigation bar Title
// Using traits - works in iOS only
UITraitCollection *traits = [UITraitCollection traitCollectionWithUserInterfaceIdiom:[[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom]];
[[UINavigationBar appearanceForTraitCollection:traits] setTitleTextAttributes:appearance];
// Nav bar appearance - works in iOS only
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:appearance];
// Direct setting - works in iOS & tvOS
[self.navigationBar setTitleTextAttributes:appearance];
// Navigation bar Edit button
// Appearance - works in iOS only
[[UIBarButtonItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:appearance forState:UIControlStateNormal];
// Direct - works in iOS only
[self.editButtonItem setTitleTextAttributes:appearance forState:UIControlStateNormal];
So far it appears that I can either directly set the font and colour of the title in iOS. But an only use direct setting in tvOS.
For my edit button, I simply cannot get anything to work in tvOS.
I was hoping to use the appearance proxies either directly or via traits.
Anyone know why this is not working in tvOS?
I can't seem to find much on the inter webs about customizing the appearance of tvOS apps.
P.S. I'm using XCode 7.3.1 and tvOS 9.2
How to change Tab Bar icon color or text color from the storyboard in new Xcode version 6.0.1?
Here's a picture to illustrate what I have now:
My icon color is black if you can see:
I want to change the icon and the text color in the way I want from the storyboard, if it is possible.
Try this, i have done it through code
To change selected Icon color:
[_tabController.tabBar setSelectedImageTintColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
To change Text Color:
[[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:#{NSForegroundColorAttributeName :[UIColor yellowColor],NSFontAttributeName:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Roboto-Medium" size:11.0]} forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[[UITabBarItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:#{NSForegroundColorAttributeName :[UIColor whiteColor],NSFontAttributeName:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Roboto-Medium" size:11.0]} forState:UIControlStateSelected];
I can't believe I don't see this anywhere on Google, but I have an odd issue.
I am changing the Global Tint in iOS 7 in the App Delegate:
[[UIView appearance] setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];
However, when I display a table view with UITableViewCellStyle2 cells, the text title color is still the default blue color.
Any ideas on how I could fix this? I'd rather not subclass it.
Thanks!
simply change the text color.
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
On iOS 6 SDK I wrote the following lines of code to display an image inside a button:
NSURL *thumbURL2 = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://example.com/thumbs/2.jpg"];
NSData *thumbData2 = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:thumbURL2];
UIImage *thumb2 = [UIImage imageWithData:thumbData2];
[btn2 setImage:thumb2 forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[self.view addSubview:btn2];
But now with Xcode 5 and iOS 7 this doesn't work. The button doesn't contain the image. The button is filled with blue color.
In iOS7 there is new button type called UIButtonTypeSystem NS_ENUM_AVAILABLE_IOS(7_0), // standard system button
Check your .xib file and change button type to Custom
To do this programmatically, add this line to the viewDidLoad:
[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeSystem];
It seems iOS 7 is using the image provided just as an Alpha mask for displaying the button's tint color.
Changing the button type to UIButtonTypeCustom did the trick for me (thanks user716216!).
Setting the image as background doesn't always work if you already have a background image, as was my case.
Swift 3, 4, 5 :
let image = UIImage(named: "my-image")
myButton.setImage(image.withRenderingMode(.alwaysOriginal), for: .normal)
There's a good chance that the image is there and you just can't see it. Try changing the button's type to UIButtonTypeCustom. If that doesn't work, set the button's background color to [UIColor clearColor];
For swift:
let aButton = UIButton.buttonWithType(UIButtonType.Custom) as UIButton
The issue is the TintColor. By default, iOS throws a blue tint color over every button. You can get around it through 3 ways.
Change the tint color. [button setTintColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
This may color your image in ways you don't want it to.
As most other suggested, set the background image. [button setBackgroundImage:[UIImage...]];
Add an UIImageView to your button.
UIImageView * img = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage...]];
[button addSubView:img];
I had the same issue.
On my storyboard I had a button without any image.
I would then assign the image in the code.
IOS 7 came and I got a lot of blue images.
The resolution was simple yet confusing. If I assign any image on the storyboard and then change the image at run time it works fine.
You always must specify a starting image on the storyboard even if you are not going to use it.
This worked for me
[myButton1 setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"phones.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
Note:Remove front image before doing this.
Old thread, but I wanted to chime in because I just had the same problem. The issue was just that you are calling setImage when you should call setBackgroundImage.
In iOS 13 -- just set the Tint property to White, while keeping the type of the UIButton as Custom
None of the given solutions were working for me. If you do not set an initial image in Storyboard, you can still change the image of the button by using setBackgroundImage.
For your example, only a minor change is needed.
NSURL *thumbURL2 = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://example.com/thumbs/2.jpg"];
NSData *thumbData2 = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:thumbURL2];
UIImage *thumb2 = [UIImage imageWithData:thumbData2];
[btn2 setBackgroundImage:thumb2 forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[self.view addSubview:btn2];
This Problem is called blue color problem of the button in xcode.
When we make button by code the button shows the blue tint color by default.This can be solved byt assigning tint color to black or white accordingly to your cell's color.
The code is :
UIImage *closebtnimg = [UIImage imageNamed:#"icon_uncheck.png"];
UIImage *closebtnimg1 = [UIImage imageNamed:#"icon_checked.png"];
Custombutton *button = [Custombutton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
[button setFrame:CGRectMake(52, 66, 25, 24)];
[button setBackgroundImage:closebtnimg forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button setBackgroundImage:closebtnimg1 forState:UIControlStateSelected];
[button setTintColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[cell.contentView addSubview:button];
[button addTarget:self action:#selector(changeImage:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
Using Xcode 9.2 none of the above solutions worked for what I was looking for.
I was looking for a solution that will let me set .normal and .selected UIControlState images inside the storyboard for their original rendering mode, but, inside the Swift file, no string literals should exist regarding the image names.
Basically, inside your code you will get the image you set inside your storyboard for .normal state and re-render it as .alwaysOriginal (Same for .selected state), then, you will set that image (which is now rendered as original and won't be affected by the tint) for the relevant state (.normal and .selected) of your UIButton.
Here it is:
// Get your .normal image (you set via your storyboard) and render it as original
let unselectedImage = yourButton.image(for: .normal)?.withRenderingMode(.alwaysOriginal)
// Set your normal image but this time rendered as original
yourButton.setImage(unselectedImage, for: .normal)
// Same for selected state
let selectedImage = yourButton.image(for: .selected)?.withRenderingMode(.alwaysOriginal)
yourButton.setImage(selectedImage, for: .selected)
This way you can set your button image states and if the image name will change, it won't affect your code.
making the tint color as clearcolor for all the four states(Default,Highlighted,selected,disabled) worked for me.
In Swift 4, initialize your UIButton and assign uyour image Data as follows:
let myButton = UIButton(type: .cutsom)
myButton.setImage(UIImage(data:myImageData), for: .normal)
I have changed my navigation bar color via the following code
navconFvc.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor colorWithHexString:#"faf6f5"];
The code worked but the text color also needs to be changed (see screenshot below). Also the refresh button logo on the right is affected as well
The same issue occurs if I navigate to another page in the stack
Question: How can I change the color of the
title text
Back button text and
right bar button icon color?
After I changed the background color of the navbar?
In iOS 7, just use:
self.navigationController.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes = #{NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor whiteColor]};
Change [UIColor whiteColor] with whatever text color you want
For the title here's the way:
iPhone Navigation Bar Title text color
And for the custom buttons here's the way:
adding buttons to ui navigation controller bottom bar
To change text color:
_navController.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes
= #{UITextAttributeTextColor : [UIColor blackColor]};
Adding refresh button and color it:
UIBarButtonItem *button = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]
initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemRefresh
target:self action:#selector(reload)];
[button setTintColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = button;
Variables that effect navigation bar background:
_navController.navigationBar.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
_navController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
_navController.navigationBar.translucent = NO;
I just put together a simple UIViewController subclass that adds a customizable back button that allows you to change text colors. It basically adds some willAppear/willDisappear logic to animate the back button the way the UINavigationController does while using the leftBarButtonItem property. You might extend this to also do the rightBarButtomItem as well.
https://github.com/typeoneerror/BBCustomBackButtonViewController